HDR1012000150090830951500BROILER HATCHERY HDR2012000150090830951500BROILER HATCHERY HIGHLIGHTS Released August 30, 1995, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Broiler Hatchery" call Tom Kruchten at (202) 690-4870, office hours 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET. For assistance with general agricultural statistics, information about NASS, its products or services, contact the NASS Information Hotline at 1-800-727-9540 or E-mail: NASS@AG.GOV. Broiler Eggs Set In 15 Selected States Up 2 Percent Commercial hatcheries in the 15-State weekly program set in incubators 163 million eggs during the week ending August 26, 1995. This was up 2 percent from the eggs set the corresponding week a year earlier. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week was 82 percent. Average hatchability is calculated by dividing chicks hatched during the week by eggs set three weeks earlier. Broiler Chicks Placed Down Slightly Broiler growers in the 15-State weekly program placed 129 million chicks for meat production during the week ending August 26, 1995. Placements were down slightly from the comparable week in 1994. Cumulative placements from October 30, 1994, through August 26, 1995, were 5.65 billion, 4 percent above the 5.41 billion placed during the same period a year earlier. The next "Broiler Hatchery" report will be released at 3 p.m. ET on September 6, 1995. Subscription Information To subscribe to NASS reports or to order single copies, call toll free, 1-800-999-6779. You may write: ERS/NASS, 341 Victory Drive, Herndon, VA 22070. Pou 2-2 (8-95) HDR2012000150090830951500BROILER EGGS SET IN 15 SELECTED STATES Broiler Eggs Set in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Jul 22 : Jul 29 : Aug 5 : Aug 12 : Aug 19 : Aug 26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 25,291 24,858 24,633 23,935 24,370 24,423 AR : 29,554 29,223 28,871 29,392 29,785 29,681 DE : 4,376 4,773 4,745 4,656 4,770 4,656 FL : 2,920 2,939 2,868 2,858 2,726 2,491 GA : 27,324 27,110 *26,797 26,024 *26,820 26,778 MD : 8,788 8,769 8,407 8,561 8,468 8,570 MS : 14,795 14,743 14,760 15,141 14,906 15,072 NC : 17,600 17,700 17,896 18,050 17,930 17,531 PA : 3,130 3,458 3,267 3,189 3,137 3,025 SC : 4,297 4,258 4,302 4,298 4,309 4,354 TX : 11,317 10,893 11,227 11,082 11,349 11,024 VA : 6,492 6,518 6,519 6,470 6,503 6,409 CA, TN, & WV : *9,896 9,362 9,280 9,131 9,386 9,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total :*165,780 164,604 *163,572 162,787 *164,459 163,014 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1994 Total : 160,320 159,749 159,990 158,776 160,444 160,327 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 103 103 102 103 103 102 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HDR2012000150090830951500BROILER CHICKS PLACED IN 15 SELECTED STATES Broiler Chicks Placed in 15 Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Week Ending State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Jul 22 : Jul 29 : Aug 5 : Aug 12 : Aug 19 : Aug 26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 : AL : 17,404 17,912 18,200 18,022 17,903 17,637 AR : 22,494 21,190 23,019 23,338 *23,626 22,158 DE : 5,314 5,938 5,618 4,729 5,719 5,277 FL : 2,906 2,529 2,775 2,497 *2,776 2,535 GA : 22,195 21,923 *22,453 22,642 *21,650 21,217 MD : 5,667 5,495 5,721 6,729 5,892 5,972 MS : 13,032 13,047 13,104 12,823 12,580 12,224 NC : 13,297 14,095 14,422 13,601 13,346 13,944 PA : 2,424 2,624 2,548 2,258 2,532 2,467 SC : 3,364 3,219 3,345 3,170 3,424 3,682 TX : 7,856 7,378 8,311 8,257 8,038 8,125 VA : 4,990 5,126 5,269 5,127 5,299 5,002 CA, TN, & WV : *8,739 9,398 9,762 *9,633 8,996 9,115 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 Total :*129,682 129,874 *134,547 *132,826 *131,781 129,355 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1994 Total : 124,517 124,452 128,301 129,048 129,231 129,482 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % of Prev Yr : 104 104 105 103 102 100 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Revised 2